MACHARA PRIMARY SCHOOL
Chapter 12
Machara Primary sat on a wetland called ekerubo, a place where mud was more common than chalk. One morning, the teachers got an ambitious idea — "Let's build a fish pond!" They mobilized their best resource: free student labor. Classes 6, 7, and 8 arrived with jembes and spades, turning the school into a construction site. Within days, a massive dam appeared, complete with inlets and outlets like a county project.
Fish were introduced, and for a while, everything looked promising. But weekends changed everything. By Monday, fish numbers dropped mysteriously. Teachers joked that they had "walked out," but the truth was clear — students were conducting midnight fishing missions. Soon, only frogs and two traumatized tilapia remained.
The pond then gained a new purpose: Machara's unofficial swimming pool. Pupils bathed, swam, and even pretended to "wash clothes." On Mondays, teachers easily spotted the culprits — shiny, tight skin was undeniable evidence. Despite the ban, swimming continued secretly, turning classes into itchy scratching zones.
Still, we bragged proudly: "At least we have a swimming pool," unlike our neighbors who only had one sad, broken water drum.
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